This "Fragment of an Autobiography" was Swift's incomplete attempt to record his family's history and his own life.

Brief, chatty biography from Incompetech.

Longer article from Hertford College, Oxford, Swift's alma mater.

Long article by W.E.H. Lecky originally published in "The Leaders of Public Opinion in Ireland" in 1861.

Brief biographical entry from Cambridge Encyclopedia and Biography.

Samuel Johnson's famous character sketch of Swift, whom he openly despised.

Extensive, anecdotal, hypertext essay by 19th Century author gives Victorian view of Swift.